- Aug 21 Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (Royal Institution of Great Britain), dies at 61
Arthur Phillip (1738-1814)
Aug 31 British admiral, 1st Governor of New South Wales (1788-92), dies at 75
Arthur Phillip (1738-1814)Aug 31 British admiral, 1st Governor of New South Wales (1788-92), dies at 75
Assassination
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Plane Crash
Suicide